having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law. brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquainted through mutual friends. to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan. to furnish with knowledge; inform (usually followed by with): to acquaint the manager with one’s findings. to bring into social contact; introduce (usually followed by with): She acquainted her roommate with my cousin. Contemporary Examples

She never knew him to have firearms in the year or so they were acquainted. New Details on Theodore Wafer, the Man Who Shot Renisha McBride Steve Miller November 14, 2013

Historical Examples

Philip then entered into a detail of what our readers are acquainted with. The Phantom Ship Frederick Marryat

Philippe acquainted her with the joys and griefs of his difficult profession. The Spenders Harry Leon Wilson

But he had no idea of drawing back, as I should have known had I been acquainted with him longer. On the Kentucky Frontier James Otis

He was acquainted with the women of society, and with the women who only wished to be in society. Malbone Thomas Wentworth Higginson

His relationship with my aunt had made him a member of our family, and he had been acquainted with our projects. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

Your reading makes you a stranger to nothing but what you should be most acquainted with. Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) Samuel Richardson

The Bishop appears to have copied some of them in his own hand, and certainly was acquainted with the authorship. The Age of Dryden Richard Garnett

I wanted to get acquainted with you, so I might ask you things about her. Ester Ried Yet Speaking Isabella Alden

On one of them I observed the name of a man with whose past life and character I am acquainted. Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds John Russell Russell

adjective (postpositive) (sometimes foll by with) on terms of familiarity but not intimacy (foll by with) having knowledge or experience (of); familiar (with)verb (transitive) foll by with or of. to make (a person) familiar or conversant (with); inform (of) (foll by with) (mainly US) to introduce (to); bring into contact (with)adj.

to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan. to furnish with knowledge; inform (usually followed by with): to acquaint the manager with one’s findings. to bring into social contact; introduce (usually followed by with): She acquainted her roommate with my cousin. Historical Examples […]

property acquired other than by inheritance, as by purchase or gift. Historical Examples And in the pursuit and acquest of this knowledge he stuck neither at any labour or cost. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus William MacGillivray

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan. Contemporary Examples Are five crotchety conservative men likely to decide to acquiesce to this change, or fight it? The Supreme Court’s Anti-Rainbow Warriors Michael Tomasky March 25, 2013 So many wish to suppress this history, and […]

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan. Contemporary Examples And so, after several days of rather conflicted contemplation, I acquiesced. The Penis Debate Cole Gamble January 27, 2009 Eventually Corder said he acquiesced, and the operator connected him. Two Companies Accused of Fleecing […]

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